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Love is the new metric
Something changed. It used to be, money was the only metric you needed to pay attention to. If you made ‘x thousand’, you were happy. If …
Who is going to save the world?
“Entrepreneurship is not a religion. It’s far more important than that.” Why are entrepreneurs the way they are? Because they have no choice. Entrepreneurship is …
Happiness is a competitive advantage
The great book “The Happiness Advantage”, by Sean Achor basically states that success follows happiness, not the other way around. His TED talk is certainly worth watching. That’s counterintuitive, …
The art of iteration
One of the best business books of the last decade is Eric Ries’ “The Lean Startup”. A great guy, we had dinner with him at SXSW …
Make mine a bias-free latte
In 2008 Howard Schultz regained the CEO role at Starbucks and began a process of taking the business forward… by taking it backward. His idea was …
You gotta keep it real
Yes. We know. Being your most authentic self is the best thing to be. The trouble is that it’s hard. It’s a complex world out …
One for the haters
There is no ladder. There is no “right way”. There’s just you and God, and sometimes God is on your side, sometimes he ain’t. And …
You can’t have one without the other
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is, if you you can’t get buy-in from other people, if other …
Talking about a revolution
“Permanent Revolution” is an old idea, first put forth by Leon Trotsky, back in the early days of the Soviet Union. Well, as any history buff …
The never ending search for meaning
Back in college in Austin, if I ever declared my dislike of a certain rock group or pop singer, the standard reply from my friends …
It’s all about the adventure, baby.
The oldest story in the Western Canon is an adventure (The Iliad). The most successful movie franchise is history is an adventure (Star Wars). We …
What do you want to be when you grow up?
People spend far too much time worrying about the physicality of their jobs. What kind of money they’d like to make, what kind of office …
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